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Radu Lupu

Pianist Radu Lupu has Died, Aged 76

Lupu was renowned for his thoughtful interpretations of “19th-century German and Austrian piano works, especially those of Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms,” notes WFMT’s Candice Agree.

Salieri

WFMT | August 18, 2019

Playlist: 5 Salieri Operas You Should Know

Keegan Morris | August 16, 2019

Video: Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers Plays Ave Maria

Haley Henning | August 15, 2019

Playlist: Aeronautic and Maritime Music for the Skies and Seas

Caroline Shaw looks pensive in a clearing of trees

Shaw, Sagan, and Searching: ‘The Listeners’

Becky Nystedt | August 20, 2020

“For centuries, millennia, we humans have looked at the stars and wondered about our place in the universe and what’s beyond. That’s what I wanted to dig into,” reflects musician-composer-producer Caroline Shaw on her latest work, The Listeners.

After grief, Bebel Gilberto recovers her zen with new album

Associated Press | August 20, 2020

Singer Bebel Gilberto didn’t have the opportunity to show her famous father the song she wrote for him.

Playlists

Multiple women say opera star Domingo sexually harassed them

Associated Press | August 13, 2019

For decades, Plácido Domingo has tried to pressure women into sexual relationships by dangling jobs and then sometimes punishing the women professionally when they refused his advances, numerous accusers told The Associated Press.

“¡En la guitarra está todo!” Eliades Ochoa, Grammy-Winning Guitarist on the Power of Cuban Music

Michael San Gabino | August 9, 2019

"For me, the guitar doesn’t have a secret. In the guitar, you will find everything." These are the words of Eliades Ochoa, the Grammy Award-winning guitarist of the internationally acclaimed ensemble Buena Vista Social Club.

Meet the Pianist Who Is Setting Some of the Internet’s Most Hilarious Viral Videos to Music

George Preston | August 9, 2019

We know that music makes our lives better, but sometimes, it can make funny things even funnier! Take Charles Cornell, for instance, who is turning viral tweets and videos into songs.